Updates, advisories and surprises

(7:21 PM ET) LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Fresh losses for the Japanese yen helped send Tokyo stocks higher early Friday, with the Nikkei Stock Average(JP:NI225)rising 0.4% to 11,186.71, while the Topix added 0.6%. With the dollar hitting highs not seens since June 2010, exporter shares climbed, with Honda Motor Co.(JP:7267)
HMC, +0.12%
adding 1.4% despite cutting its earnings forecast for the year ending March 31. Other auto makers also gained amid the falling yen, with Toyota Motor Corp.(JP:7203)
TM, -0.36%
up 1.6%, Mitsubishi Motors Corp.(JP:7211)
MMTOF, +4.93%
ahead by 2.1%, and Mazda Motor Corp.(JP:7261)
MZDAF, -0.24%
improving by 2.9%. Shares of Sharp Corp.(JP:6753)
SHCAF, +12.43%
rallied 4.2% after a Nikkei news report that strong smartphone earnings allowed it to swing back to an operating profit in the October-December quarter. Softbank Corp.(JP:9984)
SFTBF, -3.09%
advanced 2.9% on the back of posting an October-December profit double that of a year ago, even as it said its planned deal to buy Sprint Nextel Corp.
S, +2.95%
would weigh on earnings for about a year after such a deal closes. Strong results also sent NEC Corp.(JP:6701)
NIPNF, +0.00%
jumping 5.4%. However, a surge in profit for Nomura Holdings Inc.(JP:8604)
NMR, -1.48%
failed to help its shares, which traded 0.8% lower, while rival Daiwa Securities Group Inc.(JP:8601)
DSECF, -4.19%
climbed 2.1%. Industrial major Fanuc Corp.(JP:6954)
FANUF, +1.91%
lost 1.1% after the Japan Robot Association said sales of industrial robots fell in the last quarter.

NetSuite loss widens, but sales surge

(4:18 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - NetSuite Inc.
N, -0.92%
on Thursday reported fourth-quarter loss of $9.62 million, or 13 cents a share, compared with a loss of $7.62 million, or 11 cents a share, for the year-earlier period. Revenue rose to $85 million from $64.09 million. On an adjusted basis, the company reported a profit of 6 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet on average were expecting the business software company to report a profit of 4 cents a share, on revenue of $83 million. Shares of NetSuite were up 4% in after-hours trading.

Constellation says Crown deal to be delayed

(12:06 PM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Constellation Brands Inc.
STZ, -0.70%
said Thursday it no longer expects to close its acquisition of Crown Imports during the first calendar quarter of 2013. The update on the deal came after the Department of Justice sued to block Anheuser-Busch InBev's
BUD, -0.31%
proposed takeover of brewer Gupo Modelo
GPMCY
over antitrust concerns. Constellation said it's "disappointed" by the development but "we ultimately look forward to an expeditious resolution." Constellation said the proposed transaction "would further establish Crown Imports as a more independent and competitive entity and solidify its position as a major player in the U.S. beer industry." Shares of Constellation fell 18.6% to $31.90 in recent trades. Constellation has bid to acquire Modelo's stake in Crown Imports LLC, the importer of Corona beer.

Pitney Bowes shares jump on earnings beat

(10:47 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Pitney Bowes Inc.
PBI, -2.34%
shares surged nearly 19% in early trades Thursday after the company turned in fourth-quarter results that were better than feared. It also said it will sell its struggling international mail business, part of a wider plan to consolidate the business, cut costs and concentrate on more profitable operations. Before the open, the mail-and-document services company said earnings fell 56% to 55 cents a share, but that topped the 51 cents analysts expected. Other surprises included 5% revenue gains for its software and management services business, offsetting lower sales in its traditional mailing services business. Pitney Bowes stock was the No. 2 percentage gainer in the S&P 500, last trading 16% higher at $13.90. It's up nearly 30% since the start of the year.

JDS Uniphase jumps following results, upgrade

(10:34 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of JDS Uniphase
JDSU, -1.96%
jumped more than 18% to $14.74 on Thursday morning. The prior afternoon, the maker of telecommunications networking equipment swung to a profit for the second fiscal quarter, beating expectations. It also projected a revenue range for the current period that was slightly above analysts' forecasts. Alex Henderson of Needham & Co. upgraded the stock to a buy rating, "based on improved visibility on the timing and scope of this improvement and JDSU's ability to benefit," referring to expected upgrades in capital spending by telecommunications carriers. His price target on the stock is $18.

Citrix shares jump on results, upgrade

(10:25 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Citrix Systems
CTXS, -1.77%
jumped more than 11% to $74.36 on Thursday morning. The prior afternoon, the enterprise software company reported double-digit revenue gains for the fourth quarter, beating expectations. It also projected a revenue range for the current period that was above analysts' forecasts. "As enterprises build out cloud-like data centers and mobilize their workforces (BYOD), we believe Citrix is in a unique position to benefit from this secular trend and experience solid growth for its product family outside its core Desktop [products]," wrote Kash Rangan of Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, who upgraded the stock to a buy rating and raised his price target to $84 from $74.

Fusion-io shares fall 13%; order delays are blamed

(9:53 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fusion-io Inc.
FIO, +0.00%
shares fell more than 13% Thursday to $17.48 after the memory-technology company cut its fiscal-third quarter and full year revenue estimates. Fusion cited delays in orders from Apple Inc.
AAPL, +0.09%
and Facebook Inc.
FB, -0.30%
as the main reasons for its new outlook. Fusion now expects to report third-quarter revenue of $80 million, while analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast sales of $137.1 million. For its entire fiscal year, Fusion estimates it will report sales between $420 million and $440 million, down from an earlier forecast of $521 million to $539 million.

Facebook, BlackBerry lead tech stocks down

(9:37 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks mostly fell in early trades on Thursday, with Facebook Inc. and the company now known as BlackBerry leading the declines. Facebook
FB, -0.30%
fell more than 6% as several brokers downgraded the stock following its fourth quarter results, which included a forecast for heavy spending in 2013. BlackBerry, which still trades under the name Research In Motion
RIMM
slid more than 9% after Credit Suisse downgraded the stock to underperform. Fusion-io
FIO, +0.00%
slid more than 13% after several downgrades that followed its own quarterly report. Qualcomm
QCOM, -1.51%
was a rare gainer, picking up more than 5% following better-than-expected results. The Nasdaq Composite
COMP, -0.56%
fell fractionally to 3,140 while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index
SOX, -1.93%
fell 0.2%.

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